Little WordPress annoyances and findings

I discovered that WordPress does not support Google Analytics. Not even if you have a paid account. For my blog I could care less: I keep it mostly for myself as a tool to preserve some thoughts and information, or direct people to specific post, when I need to share something with them… But when tracking visitors is important (e.g. somebody’s own business blog), paid WordPress blog is not a good option at all: for approximately the same amount of $30, you can get a hosting (such as iPage or GoDaddy) with WordPress support, and then configure Google Analytics or install a plug-in.

Yes, I was researching for somebody, and good that I did, or they would be stuck with no google stats, and no ad-sense, both of which was what they wanted. We bought hosting instead and setting up a wordpress there was a breeze. I wanted a “0 custom code” solution (so that I don’t need to handle any changes), and that was possible – was able to find add-ons for everything almost (or “creatively re-purpose” some of them). So non-technical people with proper instructions can purfectly manage those things. I am actually thinking of getting similar setup for myself too…
For that blog I think someone mentioned she was a staff? But I will change that, np.